Slipper and method of making the same.



E. DILLBERG.

SUPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1917r 1,262,026,; Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

ERIK DILLBERG, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILEY-BICKFORD-SWEET (30., OF WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

SLIPPER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed June 1, 1917. Serial No. 172,298.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERIK DILLBERG, a citizen of Sweden, residing atHartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, haveinvented a new and useful Slipper and Method of Making the Same, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of that class of slipperswhich have soft uppers, preferably crocheted, knit, or woven of cotton,linen, silk, yarn or thread attached to soles that have stiffened bodiesand a covering of soft flexible material, and preferably provided withinsoles of fleece, lambs wool or the like.

The principal object of, the invention is to provide a construction forslippers of this nature having facilities for the quick application ofthe upper to the sole either by hand or by machine, but preferably bymachine, in a firm and durable manner, and especially to secure itagainst displacement on the line near the edge.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1is a transverse sectional view showing one of the first steps in themanufacture of the slipper;

Fig. .2 is a similar view showing the slipper turned, and

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the completed article.

The slipper is shown as provided with a stiffening body 10 for the solemade of paper, paste-board, leather, cork, or other suitable materialhaving sufficient thickness and rigidity. This is provided with a thinflexible covering or wearing member 11 secured to the bottom of thestiffening body and made of kid, sheep-skin, soft calf, chamois, orother flexible material. This covering 11 is cut to the same outline asthe stiffening body 10, but larger so that it will cover its bottomsurface and can be folded up around the edge and over the top to providean inwardly extending flap 1'2 adapted to lie flat on the top surface ofthe stiffening body.

These two members 10 and 11 are placed in the relative position shown inFig. 1 and the upper 13 which can be crocheted, knit or woven is appliedto it with its outer edge parallel with the outer edge of the member 11and sewed all around at its outer edge by a line of stitching 14.

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The next step in the operation is to turn the slipper which brings theparts into substantially the position shown in Fig. 2. In this positionit will be seen that the upper is secured to the outer edge of the flap1). so that the line of stitching is entirely concealed from the outsideeven in this position. Then this flap 12 is turned down into theposition shown in Fig. 3 and secured thereto by sewing through a line ofstitches 15. This firmly secures the parts in position independent ofany paste or the like that may be applied, and in many cases entirelydoes away with the necessity of using paste at this point, and it formsa positive, firm connection, gives a neater appearance outside than canbe secured by pasting, and if it gives away the stitching ll is solocated as not to be exposed to view from the outside.

I have shown an insole 16 of lambs wool or the like placed as usual onthe insideand covering the row of stitches ll at its edges. It will beseen that the stitching operations in applying both lines of stitches isextremely simple so that it can be done easily by machinery or by handif desired. In this way an attractive and durable slipper is provided ata comparatively small exense.

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of theinvention, I am aware of the fact that modifications can be made thereinby any person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of theinvention. as expressed in the claim. Therefore I do not wish to belimited to all the details of construction herein shown and described,but what I do claim is The method of making a slipper which comprisesplacing a flexible covering on the bottom surface of a sole stiffeningbody so as to project beyond it all around, sewing an upper on the outerbottom surface of said covering at the edge thereof, turning the slipperuntil the inner surface of said covering is brought into contact withthe top of the sole, and then sewing through the covering and solearound the same outside the first named sewing.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

ERIK DILLBERG.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, C.

